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National Postal Museum: Famous Americans: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Learn brief information from the National Postal Museum on Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, famous American poet who was featured on the one cent postage stamp.
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National Postal Museum: Famous Americans: Walt Whitman
Learn brief information from the National Postal Museum on Walt Whitman, famous American poet, who was featured on the five cent postage stamp.
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National Postal Museum: Famous Americans: John Greenleaf Whittier
Learn brief information from the National Postal Museum on John Greenleaf Whittier, famous American poet, who was featured on the two cent postage stamp.
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National Postal Museum: Famous Americans: Stephen Foster
Learn brief information from the National Postal Museum on Stephen Foster, American music composer, who was featured on the one cent postage stamp.
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National Postal Museum: Famous Americans: John James Audubon
Learn brief information on John James Audubon, famous American bird painter, who was featured on the one cent postage stamp.
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National Postal Museum: Famous Americans: Louisa May Alcott
Learn brief information on Louisa May Alcott, famous American author of "Little Women", who was featured on the five cent postage stamp.
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National Postal Museum: Famous Americans: Ralph Waldo Emerson
Learn brief information about Ralph Waldo Emerson, famous American author, who was featured on the three cent postage stamp.
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National Postal Museum: Famous Americans: Booker T. Washington
The National Postal Service provides brief biographical details on Booker T. Washington, black educator involved with the Tuskegee Institute. He was featured on the United States Postage ten cent stamp.
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National Postal Museum: Voyages of Columbus
The National Postal Museum publishes a captioned exhibition of U.S. postage stamps depicting Columbus's first voyage to the New World.
PBS
Pbs: Count on It!: Episode 207 Blossom and Snappy Learn About Utilities
Blossom and Snappy help Robbie prepare for a dinner party. They make a decorative centerpiece out of postage stamps. In order to help Robbie, they decide to pay her bills for her. In doing this, Blossom and Snappy visit and learn about...
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Government of Canada: The Symbols of Canada: The Beaver
The beaver as a symbol of Canadian heritage is well documented in this resource. A history of the beaver's importance to the fur trade is discussed, as well as the many other ways it has come to symbolize Canada. It is appropriate for...
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National Postal Museum: Binding the Nation
A multi-part online exhibit that traces the development of the U.S. Postal System. Artifacts may be clicked on and text explains their significance. Historic, primary materials are used throughout the exhibit.
Central Pacific Railroad Photographic History Museum
Cprr Photographic History Museum: The Postal History of the Pacific Railroad
This site deals mostly with the history of mail sent across the country in the late 19th century.
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Scott Joplin Postage Stamp
A well-organized synopsis from the Northern Virginia Ragtime Society of the history of Ragtime music overviewing its origin, important historical names and dates, and Ragtime's relation to the world of music. Special emphasis is placed...
Howard University
Hu Archives Net: Legacy of Patricia Roberts Harris at Howard University
A remembrance of Patricia Roberts Harris written at the unveiling of a U.S. postage stamp struck in her honor in January 2000. The remembrance discusses her public service career and her contributions to Howard University, where she was...
National Inventors Hall of Fame
National Inventors Hall of Fame: Philo Taylor Farnsworth
Invent Now Hall of Fame explores the life and career of the "father of television", Philo Taylor Farnsworth. In 1983, he was honored with a postage stamp bearing his picture.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Manitoba, 1914
A map from 1914 of Manitoba showing the provincial capital of Winnipeg, major cities and towns, county boundaries, Indian reservations, existing and proposed railroads, terrain features, lakes, and rivers. Although this map is from 1914,...
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A remembrance of Patricia Roberts Harris written at the unveiling of a U.S. postage stamp struck in her honor in January 2000. The remembrance discusses her public service career and her contributions to Howard University, where she was...
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National Postal Museum: Roberto Clemente
View the artwork for a U.S. postage stamp issued in 2000 to commemorate Roberto Clemente, the first Hispanic inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame. With a short biographical passage.
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Florida Memory: Image of Alvar Nunez Cabeza De Vaca
Spanish postage stamp with an image of explorer Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca.
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